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Field Activity Details for field activity 09CCT02

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks

Affiliate Investigator(s): Tim Dellapenna

Information Specialist(s): Arnell Forde, James Flocks

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect submarine vibracores to ground-truth seismic data collected during 09CCT01.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX

End Port/Location: Port Arthur, TX

Start Date: 2009-06-01

End Date: 2009-06-10

Equipment Used: Vibracorer

Information to be Derived: Lithostratigraphic description of Vibracores collected along previous Bathymetric transects.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 20 Vibracores are scheduled to be extracted using the R/V G.K. Gilbert platform. Scientific analysis of Lithostratigraphic data will be conducted at Texas A&M University, Galveston.

Staff: Jordan Sanford, James Flocks

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Galveston, TX

Boundaries
North: 29.37260151 South: 29.20886131 West: -94.93011475 East: -94.7036

Platform(s):

photo of G.K. Gilbert
G.K. Gilbert

Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Vibracorer --- Geology

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